Deciding to entrust the medical team at a nursing home to provide a loved one the highest level of care can never be easy. In some situations, nurses and Nurse’s Aides will assure the family that they follow established standards of care when in fact that does not happen. Without warning, their loved one can be victimized through mistreatment, neglect or abuse due to mismanagement, insufficient staffing, or poor hiring practices.
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This facility is an 118-certified bed "for-profit" long-term care home providing services and cares to residents of Glendora and Los Angeles County, California. The Medicare and Medicaid-participating center is located at:
435 E. Gladstone Avenue
Glendora, California 91740
(626) 963-5955
Gladstone Care and Rehabilitation Center
In addition to providing around the clock skilled nursing care, Gladstone Care and Rehabilitation Center offers other services. Additional focused care includes short-term and long term care.
The facility also provides comprehensive rehab services, wound care, pulmonary care, IV (intervenous) care, post-stroke care, enteral nutrition, pain management, hospice, and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
State and federal investigators have the legal authority to penalize any nursing home cited for serious violations of regulations and rules. These penalties include levying monetary fines and denying payment of Medicare services. Typically, these violations result in penalties when investigators found severe problems that harmed or could have harmed a resident.
This nursing home received four complaints and self-reported one serious issue over the last thirty-six months that resulted in violation citations. Additional information concerning the facility can be reviewed on the comprehensive California Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Website.
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To be fully informed on the level of care nursing homes provide, families routinely research Medicare.gov and the California Department of Public Health website database systems for a complete list of deficiencies, violations, and citations.
According to Medicare, this facility maintains an overall rating of one out of five stars, including two out of five stars concerning health inspections, one out of five stars for staffing issues, and two out of five stars for quality measures.
The state investigators determined that the nursing home “failed to follow the facility’s policy regarding the removal of an alleged abuser from the resident care areas.” The nursing home also failed to “provide and document the conclusion of the investigation within five days of reporting the incident to the Department of Public Health (DPH).”
The deficient practice involved an incident “of alleged abuse [of a resident]” and “had the potential to place the resident’s safety at risk.” The investigation involved a cognitively intact resident who stated that she had informed a Licensed Vocational Nurse “of alleged abuse by her Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).”
The Licensed Vocational Nurse confirmed that on or around 7:30 PM on September 28, 2018, the resident “informed him of the alleged abuse incident” involving the CNA and stated “he informed his Nursing Supervisor, a Registered Nurse (RN), about the alleged abuse and that the resident requested for [that CNA] to be removed from her care.” The Licensed Vocational Nurse stated that the CNA “was reassigned from the resident’s care and worked until the end of the shift.”
The investigators interviewed the Registered Nurse, who stated that “any alleged abuse must be reported to the Administrator and the alleged abuser removed from the unit as soon as possible.” The Director of Staff Development confirmed that the CNA “worked his whole shift, in the same unit as the resident,” that made the allegation of abuse.
The Administrator verified, “it was important to remove the abuser from resident care to make sure the well-being of the resident was taken care of along with her safety.” The state surveyors asked the Administrator for “the results of the investigation and a fax which indicated the report was sent to the Department of Public Health within five working days of the incident.” The Administrator stated that “the conclusion report had not been sent to the Department of Public Health.”
Was your loved one mistreated while residing at Gladstone Care and Rehabilitation Center? Contact the California nursing home abuse prevention lawyers at Nursing Home Law Center at (800) 926-7565 for immediate legal intervention. We represent Los Angeles County victims of abuse and neglect in all areas, including Glendora.
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Sources:
Attorney Anthony Lanzone
Licensed in California
Chicago Nursing Home Injury Attorney Nursing Home Law Center LLC Home